Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

Any form of art is a form of power.

If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.

One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.

When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.

If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying!

In general, I like the healthy stuff and don't really have a problem with any of it.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

My father and brothers were coal miners.

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.

Of course, I'm no dummy.

Men are socialized to trust women until evidence to the contrary surfaces; women are socialized to be suspicious of men until an individual man earns trust.